Obivoice (Intelafone) vs. Forthcoming Obihai Service?
DrewMan:
I just signed up… so far so good. They don’t have SMS yet. I think that is in the plan. Seem to have many of the features that Google Voice (GV) had. Have not looked through their international rates yet. They seem to be responsive to user suggestions and implement changes fast. I took the plunge for 2 years unlimited. I have my GV number forwarded and they provide spoofing for outgoing caller ID. So nothing changes for friends, coworkers, and family. They will accepts GV ports, but don’t wish to do this for a while longer… at least until they support SMS. Oh, and if you want to use their voicemail instead of GV, easiest way is to set up the Obivoice number in GV as a mobile number and not activate GV voicemail. By tricking GV into thinking it is a mobile, GVmail will not try to grab the call after 25 seconds. I can explain more if you want.
E911 is included but you must manually keep the address up to date if you move your ATA around. I have a second home so am used to this from when I had Vonage years ago.
Outgoing faxing is free but incoming requires a dedicated line which they will provide for an additional $2/month. You can port in your GV (or another) number for this or they will give you a new one, but the charge is still $2/month.
As I say.. so far so good.
- Drew
giqcass:
Quote from: DrewMan on February 04, 2014, 09:38:40 pm
By tricking GV into thinking it is a mobile, GVmail will not try to grab the call after 25 seconds. I can explain more if you want.
Please elaborate because simply setting it to mobile will not increase ring time.
The only hack I can think of is if you said it was a mobile.
In Google turned on Google Voice Voicemail for that phone.
Set it to ring all phones.
This is where the logic dead ends because I think this would require a forward back to GV for this to work. If you have another phone with Google Voice set as Voicemail and activated Google Voice voicemail on that phone you may get the extended ring time.
ceg3:
Quote from: gderf on February 04, 2014, 05:16:02 pm
Try this for simultaneous ring.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6795.0
I'm trying their mobile app, Cloud Softphone that the developer says does not cause battery drain and when it's running you get a notice on your phone of voice mails left for your Obivoice number. You can then key the designated button and immediately reach your voice mail. The app is installed at the Play Store, for Android, and then use your phone to scan the QR code in the Obivoice portal, which completes the setup. This way there no sms fees for voice mail notifications and apparently using the app does not use cell minutes.
Well, this is cool, but I forgot to consider that this will only work with a network connection, obviously, so it is WiFi or data usage.
DrewMan:
Setting up Obivoice as a Mobile does not affect the time to pick up. It does allow you not to set up GV voicemail on that "device". This eliminates GV voicemail altogether and defaults to the Obivoice vmail.... the way a mobile phone would default to the service provider's vmail. Hope I am being clear.
giqcass:
Quote from: DrewMan on February 05, 2014, 10:11:17 am
Setting up Obivoice as a Mobile does not affect the time to pick up. It does allow you not to set up GV voicemail on that "device". This eliminates GV voicemail altogether and defaults to the Obivoice vmail.... the way a mobile phone would default to the service provider's vmail. Hope I am being clear.
You are being clear now but that is not how Google Voice works. No one anywhere has ever reported this behavior. If Google did turn a switch to make Voicemail work that way there would be hundreds or thousands of posts complaining about how Google Voice Voicemail had stopped working.
I have not "Activated Voicemail" on any of my Cell Phones but Google Voicemail still works. That feature is only meant for calls made directly to a cell phone that were not forwarded by GV first.
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